Improvement in bedsteads



E. M 0 R R l S.

Bedsteads.

Patented Dec. 9,1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. EDMUND MORRIS, OF BRLINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1,115,305, datedDecember 9, 1873; application filed June 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND MORRIS, of the city of Burlington and Stateof New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Bedsteads and Cribs, ofwhich the following is a specification My invention consists in theconstruction of lthe legs, posts, and side rail of each side of abedstead of a single piece of timber, by slitting it at each end farenough to form the legs and posts, steaming the timber and bending theposts laterally divided by the slitting each way to form the legs andposts, and then connecting the two sides together by means of strips ofwood bent into yoke form, with parallel edges to form the connectingparts. I form cribs substantially upon the same plan.

Figure l is an isometrical view of a piece of timber having saw-kerfs aa at iits ends ready for the steaming and bending processes for formingone side of a bedstead. Fig. 2 is a piece of timber, A, having its endsslitted and bent to form the legs and posts in connection with a siderail, B. Fig. 3 is a bedstead constructed on my improved plan.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the same parts.

A, Fig. 1, represents a piece of timber of suitable dimensions forforming a side rail, B, legs C C, and posts D D of a bedstead all in onepiece, as represented in Fig. 2. The ends of said piece have kerfs a cformed by means of a s aw. The pieces thus prepared are steamed and theend parts each side of the slits bent each way at right angles to thepart B, which forms the side rail. The pieces are placed between twoclamping-blocks, so as to form the legs and posts by bending the slittedparts up against the ends ofthe blocks by any suitable means, the clampspressing sufciently tight upon the middle and unkerfed part of thetimber to prevent the slits extending beyond the kerng. Ornaments E, ofany desired form, are connected with the tops of the posts, as seen inFig. 3, to give a hnish thereto. The construction ofthe bedstead iscompleted ready for the slats by connecting' two sides together' bymeans of braces F F', as seen in Fig. 3. The braces are made of stripsof wood steamed and bent into proper form in the ordinary manner. Theyare confined to the legs and posts by means of a screw, b. A head-board,G, is confined to the brace F by means ot' screws or other suitablemeans. Afoot-board, if desired, may be connected in the same manner tothe brace F.

The above description will also apply to the construction of cribs.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a bedstead orcrib having each side rail B, contiguous.

legs C C, and posts D D constructed of a single piece of timber, slittedat its ends and bent, in combination with the bent braces F F andhead-board G, substantially in the manner a-nd for the purpose abovedescribed.

EDMUND MORRIS. Witnesses:

F. T. F. RANDOLPH, H. Mornn'r'r.

